“Reindeer breeder” Sergei Shoigu transferred to the Donetsk region, close to their Ministry of Defense, the military company “Patriot”. This is due to the fact that the Russian occupiers are trying to achieve at least some intermediate result in the war against Ukraine.
That is why they throw all their forces into battle at the front, writes 24 channel. The speaker of the Eastern Group of Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Serhiy Cherevaty, in the United News telethon said that this is happening against the backdrop of an unsuccessful campaign in the direction of Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Vuhledar, as well as in the Luhansk region.
What is known about the transfer of new Russian forces to the Donetsk region
In the Stepnoy area in the Ugledar direction, we noticed that, in addition to the Wagner PMC, the Patriot PMC, affiliated with the current Minister of Defense of the occupier Shoigu. Obviously, they are pulling up everything that is combat-ready in order to achieve at least some result, – said Sergey Cherevaty.
In addition, according to the speaker, the Wagnerites from the Patriot PPK are competitors. However, while they are in different directions – Prigozhin's fighters near Bakhmut, Shoigu – near Ugledar.
“As I understand it, there is no such direct interaction between them, they are more or less autonomous. the same Kadyrovtsy,” explained a representative of the Eastern Group of Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
What is known about the Patriot PKK
The private military company “Patriot” was created on the initiative of the Russian Ministry of Defense and Shoigu directly. According to Russian media, they have been participating in hostilities since the spring of 2018. The composition of the PKK “Patriot” – professional Russian military, current specialists of the main department of the Russian General Staff, military lawyers and soldiers of their special operations forces.
What is known about the conflict between Shoigu and Prigozhin
- Evgeny Prigozhin is the owner of the Vagnera PVC. It is “Putin's chef” who recruits mainly prisoners from Russia for the war, who then act as part of the Wagnerites.
- Former SBU officer and expert of the Ukrainian Institute for the Future Ivan Stupak explained that the Kovalchuk brothers forced Prigozhin to create the Wagner PMC. The latter are close to the head of the Kremlin and protect “Putin's chef”.
- After constant support, Prigozhin began to criticize Sergei Shoigu and the chief of the Russian General Staff Valery Gerasimov.
- Then the Russian army began to try to undermine the basis of the Wagner base – does not give shells, there are problems with the supply. Thus, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu hopes that Prigozhin will lose the trust of Mikhail Kovalchuk and his influence. Read more about the conflict here.
